Volgograd Metrotram

Волгоградский метротрам Volgograd Metrotram
Background
Owner	Volgograd Municipality
Locale	Volgograd, Russia
Transit type	Light rail
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	22
Daily ridership	136,000
Operation
Began operation	5 November 1984
Operator(s)	Metroelektrotrans
Technical
System length	17.3 km (10.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in)

Skorostnoy Tramvay
Legend VGTZ (ST1) Khlebozavod Vodootstoy Bol'nitsa Il'icha Barrikady 14-ya Gimnaziya Stadion Monolit (ST2) Zavod Krasniy Oktyabr' Ulitsa 39-y Gv. Divizii Ploshchad' Vozrozhdeniya Dvorets Sporta Mamaev Kurgan Tsentral'niy Stadion TsPKiO TRK Europa City Mall Ploshchad' Lenina Komsomol'skaya Pionerskaya Pl. Chekistov (ST1) Profsoyuznaya Teatr Yunogo Zritelya Yel’shanka (ST2)

The Volgograd Metrotram (Skorostnoy Tramvay, ST) is a light rail system operating in Volgograd, Russia. It consists of 22 stations on one line, paralleling the Volga River from the northern suburbs of Volgograd to its downtown core for a total length of 17.3 kilometres. Most of the Metrotram line shares a surface-level right of way with a previously constructed railway line for 10.2 kilometres, in a manner similar to that of the south leg of the C-Train system in Calgary, for example; five downtown stations, on the other hand, were built underground in two sections (opened in 1984/2011), over a total length of 6.8 kilometres, meeting design standards consistent with existing Russian metro systems.

Line	Route	Opening	Stations
ST1	Traktornyj Zavod (VGTZ) (Тракторный завод (ВГТЗ)) ↔ Ploshchad Chekistov (Площадь Чекистов)	1984	19
ST2	Stadion Monolit (Стадион Монолит) ↔ Yel’shanka (Ельшанка)	2011	15

The Volgograd Metrotram was inaugurated on 5 November 1984, and had served 50 million passengers per year before 2011 extension was opened.

Stations

List of stations north to south:

• Traktornyy Zavod (Tractor Factory)
• Khlebozavod (Bakery Works)
• Vodootstoy (Water-sediment)
• Bol’nitsa Il’icha (Ilich Hospital)
• Zavod "Barrikady" (Barrikady Factory)
• Tridtsat' Pervaya Shkola (31st School)
• Stadion Monolit (Monolith Stadium)
• Zavod "Krasnyy Oktyabr’" (Red October Steel Factory)
• Tridtsat' Devyataya Gvardeyskaya (39th Guards Rifle Division Street)
• Ploshchad’ Vozrozhdeniya (Revival Square)
• Dvorets Sporta (Sports Palace)
• Mamayev Kurgan (Mamayev Kurgan)
• Tsentral’nyy Stadion (Central Stadium)
• Tsentral’nyy Park Kul’tury i Otdykha (Central Rest and Culture Park)
• Yevropa (Europa City Mall)
• Ploshchad’ Lenina (Lenin Square)
• Komsomol’skaya (Komsomol street)
• Pionerskaya (Pioneers)
• Ploshchad’ Chekistov (Chekists Square)
• Profsoyuznaya (Labour Unions)
• Teatr Yunogo Zritelya (Theatre for Young Spectators)
• Yel’shanka

Under construction:

• Rayonnaya
• Sel'khozakademiya (Volgograd A&M Academy)

Approved:

• Tormosilovskaya
• Panfilovskaya
• Mikrorayon 231
• Universitet

External links

• [1] — Volgograd metrotram
• Volgograd metrotram 3D — interactive Web3D model of metrotram
• Volgograd Rapid Tram Underground — photos of the metrotram (with texts in Russian)
• Unofficial site — site in Russian
• Volgograd Metrotram Track Map – site in Russian